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USER GUIDE 57 for SPEAR users /29 December 2019

User Guide 57 ePlan Visualisation Enhancement Tool

Purpose of this User Guide

The purpose of this User Guide is to provide information on how to use the ePlan Visualisation Enhancement Tool (VET) to improve the presentation of the Plan PDF generated by SPEAR from the ePlan LandXML file.

Who should read this guide?

Primary audience: ePlan enabled Applicant Organisations

For information: Other SPEAR users

Introduction

VET has been developed through a collaborative program between Land Use Victoria and the Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures & Land Administration at the University of Melbourne. This tool allows the Victorian ePlan-enabled surveyors to enhance the Plan PDF visualised by SPEAR, using the following main functions:

• adjust labels and arrows

• create enlargement diagrams

• define sheets

• define exaggerations

• adjust title connections.

57.01. How can I access VET?

VET is accessible through the following views:

Document Details View within SPEAR

From the Details screen of the application in SPEAR, click the Plan of Subdivision document link and then in the Current Document details page click the ‘ET’ button.

http://www.csdila.unimelb.edu.au/

http://www.csdila.unimelb.edu.au/


Alternatively, you can access VET by selecting ‘Enhance Diagram’ option from the drop-down list next to Plan of Subdivision and clicking ‘go’.

If you need to download the enhanced diagram file, in the Current Document details page click the ‘ED’ button.

Public View

By accessing the ePlan Services available at: https://www.spear.land.vic.gov.au/spear/eplanPublicServices/Prepare.do

Tick the ‘Visualise’ checkbox and upload your ePlan LandXML file.

https://www.spear.land.vic.gov.au/spear/eplanPublicServices/Prepare.do


NOTE: If you already have an Enhanced Diagram File, you can upload it along with your XML file in this screen. Enhanced Diagram File is a file in JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) format which includes the diagram representation information and can be downloaded from the ePlan Visualisation Enhancement Tool.

For more information, see ‘What are the ePlan Services?’ section of User Guide 52 – Creating ePlan Applications Using ePlan Services.

57.02. What are the components of VET?

VET consists of the following components:

A. Display Area

B. Header

C. Toolbar

A) Display Area

This area shows the diagram part of the plan.

NOTE I: The front sheet and Owners Corporation Schedule are not displayed in VET. Any changes required to those sheets must be applied to the ePlan LandXML file using ePlan-enabled software packages.

NOTE II: On the Restriction Sheets, only the diagram’s content such as labels and arrows can be enhanced in VET. Restriction text is just displayed and it’s not editable in VET. Any changes required to the Restriction text must be applied to the ePlan LandXML file using ePlan-enabled software packages.

B

C

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https://www.spear.land.vic.gov.au/spear/documents/UserGuide52_Creating%20ePlan%20Applications.pdf

https://www.spear.land.vic.gov.au/spear/documents/UserGuide52_Creating%20ePlan%20Applications.pdf


B) Header

The header provides access to two buttons:

Help

The ‘Help ’ button provides access to the current User Guide. Click this button to open the User

Guide in a separate tab in your web browser.

About VET

The ‘About ’ button provides further information about the VET’s copyrights, contributors, credits,

etc.

C) Toolbar

The toolbar provides access to all functionalities of VET. The toolbar consists of the following components:

A. General Tools E. Enlargement Tools

B. Label Tools F. Exaggeration Tool

C. Arrow Tools G. Truncation Tool

D. Diagram Tools

Help About

VET

A B C D E F G


57.03. General Tools

The following tools are available in the ‘General Tools’ section:

Display All Sheets

File Menu

PDF Preview

Undo

View Full Page

Display All Sheets

This button opens the page preview panel. This panel provides an overview of all sheets in the plan including the Restriction sheets, if applicable. The current sheet is shown as highlighted in the panel. To navigate to another sheet, click on that sheet.

Page preview

panel

Current sheet

Restriction sheet


Add sheet

The panel can also be used to add or remove sheets to / from the plan. There are two methods to add a

new sheet to the plan:

1. Click the ‘Add new sheet ’ button to add a new sheet including a diagram. By default, this

new sheet contains all the line work and labels in the ePlan data.

2. Click the ‘Add new blank sheet ’ button to add a new blank sheet with no diagram on it. New

enlargement diagrams can be added to the blank sheet using the ‘Create Enlargement ’ tool.

Blank sheets will have no ‘SCALE’ as each diagram on this type of sheet will have its own scale.

The new sheet will be added to the end of the list as the last sheet. The sheets can be reordered by

dragging and repositioning the sheets.

NOTE: If the plan has Restriction sheets, the new sheet will be added before the first Restriction sheet. Restriction sheets’ order is controlled by the ePlan visualisation service

and these sheets cannot be reordered by the user.

Remove all sheets

To remove all sheets, click the ‘Remove all sheets ’ button. A dialog box will appear to confirm your action. Clicking the ‘Remove’ button will remove all sheets (except the Restriction sheets) from the plan. New sheets can be added to the plan using the ‘Add sheet’ function.

Remove sheet

To remove a sheet, click the ‘Remove this sheet ’ button. A dialog box will appear to confirm your action. If the sheet being removed is referenced on other sheets, the dialog box will notify you about those sheets. Clicking the ‘Remove’ button will remove the sheet from the plan and will also remove any ‘See Sheet’ references to that sheet on other sheets.

Remove all sheets

Add new blank sheet

Add new sheet with plan

Remove this sheet

Newly added blank sheet


File Menu

The ‘File Menu’ has three buttons:

Upload

Download

Revert to default

Upload

The ‘Upload ’ button allows you to upload an enhanced diagram file from your computer onto

VET. This may be useful in situations when it is not possible to make all necessary edits to the plan in one session. In such cases, you have the option to save the unfinished work by downloading the

enhanced diagram file and later uploading it and continue finishing the remaining work.

VET validates the uploaded enhanced diagram file which should be in JSON format. If your uploaded

file is invalid, VET provides you with an error.


Download

The ‘Download ’ button provides you with the option to save any unfinished work by downloading

the enhanced diagram file. The downloaded file can be later uploaded onto the VET to resume the

work. The file will be downloaded in a JSON file format.

Revert to default

The ‘Revert to Default ’ button is useful in situations where you have edited the plan but for any

reason wish to go back to the default visualisation. This function will replace the current visualisation

with a default visualisation created by the ePlan visualisation service.

PDF Preview

The ‘PDF Preview ’ button generates a PDF for the plan as seen in VET.

You can click the ‘Revert to Default’ button and change the visualisation to the original visualisation undertaken by SPEAR. Once you click the ‘Revert to Default’ button, VET shows you a dialog box to

confirm that you would like to revert to the original visualisation.

NOTE: Since you will lose all your enhancements by reverting to the default

visualisation, it is recommended that you download the enhanced diagram file from VET

before proceeding with ‘Revert to Default’ action.

Undo

The ‘Undo ’ button allows the user to undo their actions. The Undo function is also accessible using the keyboard shortcut ‘Ctrl + Z’.

View Full Page

The ‘View Full Page ’ button zooms the page view to fit an entire sheet in the plan display area.


57.04. Label Tools

The following tools are available in the label tools section:

Select & Move labels

Select parcels

Copy

Remove

Convert to 2-line Label

Convert to 1-line Label

Split

Hide

Unhide

Show Hidden Labels

Decrease Font Size

Increase Font Size

Add / Remove Brackets

Rotate Counter Clockwise

Rotate to a Value

Rotate Clockwise

Align ID and Area Labels

Centre ID and Area Labels

Move Labels Inside Diagram Extent


Select & Move

Clicking the ‘Select & Move ’ button activates the label selection mode. The icon will be highlighted to show the activated status. To select a label, click on the label. To move a label, select it and then drag the mouse. Moving a bearing and distance label will automatically generate an arrow from the associated line to the label. For parcel identifier label, an arrow will be automatically generated when the label is moved outside a closed parcel.

Arrows drawn for any label can be edited in VET. Please see the ‘Arrow Tools’ section of this guide for information about editing arrows.

NOTE: When the selected label is a ‘Referencing Label’, using this tool to move the label will only move the label itself. Holding ‘Control Key (Ctrl)’ on keyboard before starting to move the label will move the corresponding arrow together with the label. When the label is selected, by pressing the ‘Control Key (Ctrl)’ the related arrow will be highlighted.

Selecting multiple labels

To select multiple labels, press ‘Shift’ and click the labels. Pressing ‘Shift’ and clicking a label will select that label in addition to other selected labels. Pressing ‘Shift’ and clicking on a previously selected label will deselect that label from the group. To select all labels in a specific area, press ‘Ctrl’ and drag the mouse. Labels from a single diagram can be selected at the same time, when dragging is started using ‘Ctrl’ and a diagram’s border will get highlighted to determine the active diagram.

Select Parcel

The ‘Select Parcel’ tool can be used to select the labels of a given parcel. Once the tool is activated, clicking on a parcel will select the parcel. Multiple parcels can be selected/deselected by clicking while keeping the ‘Shift’ key pressed. If the point of click contains more than one parcel, a pop-up message will be displayed to select desired parcels.

Selecting multiple labels through pressing ‘Ctrl’

and dragging the mouse

Selecting multiple labels through pressing ‘Shift’

and clicking on labels


Alternatively, parcels can also be selected by drawing a box pressing the ‘Ctrl’ key and dragging the mouse.

Parcels within the same diagram can be selected all at once when dragging is started using ‘Ctrl’ and the

diagram border will be highlighted to identify the active diagram.

A parcel is selected using the

Select Parcel tool

Pop-up message appears when there

are multiple overlapping parcels

CTRL + Drag creates a box for selecting

group of parcels

A group of parcels gets selected


Once the parcels are selected, the layers drop-down list can be used to select all the labels of a

given type. The list allows the user to select the following types of labels:

By selecting a checkbox, the labels of that type will get selected for all the selected parcels.

Once the desired labels are selected, the other label tools mentioned in the subsequent sections can

be used to edit the labels.

Copy

To create a copy of a label, select the label and then click the ‘Copy ’ button. A duplicate label will appear next to the original label.

Parcel identifier labels

Area labels

Road name labels (excludes abutting parcel labels)

Bearing and distance labels

(excludes exterior dimension labels)

Topo line and plan feature labels


Remove

To remove a label, select the label and then click the ‘Remove ’ button. Only labels created using the ‘Copy’ button can be removed. Other labels cannot be removed using this functionality. You can hide such labels using the ‘Hide’ button.

Convert to 2-line Label (Wrap Label)

Clicking the ‘Wrap Label ’ button converts the selected bearing and distance labels from a 1-line label to a 2-line label.

Before the ‘Wrap Label’ button is clicked After the ‘Wrap Label’ button is clicked

After the ‘Copy’ button is clicked Before the ‘Copy’ button is clicked

Before the ‘Remove’ button is clicked After the ‘Remove’ button is clicked


Convert to 1-line Label (Unwrap Label)

Clicking the ‘Unwrap Label ’ button converts the selected bearing and distance labels from a 2-line label to a 1-line label.

Split

Use the ‘Split ’ button to create two labels from a single label, e.g. bearing and distance label or abutting road label.

Hide

Use the ‘Hide ’ button to hide any labels from the diagram.

NOTE: Any label needs to be available in at least one sheet of the plan. If you hide a label from a

sheet, make sure that it is displayed in another sheet.

After the ‘Unwrap Label’ button is clicked Before the ‘Unwrap Label’ button is clicked

After the ‘Hide Label’ button is clicked

Before the ‘Hide Label’ button is clicked

After the ‘Split Label’ button is clicked

Before the ‘Split Label’ button is clicked


Show Hidden Labels

Use the ‘Show Hidden Labels ’ button to see which labels are currently hidden in the diagram.

Unhide

Use the ‘Unhide ’ button to unhide any labels from the diagram.

Decrease / Increase Font Size

Use the ‘Decrease / Increase Font Size ’ buttons to change the size of the text in a label. The minimum font size possible is 2mm and maximum is 8mm.

Add / Remove Brackets

Use the ‘Add / Remove Brackets ’ button to add or remove brackets for distances which may run across easements.

After ‘Unhide Label’ button is clicked

Before the ‘Unhide Label’ button is clicked (grey

background shows this label is hidden in VET)

After the ‘Show Hidden Labels’ button is

clicked

Before the ‘Show Hidden Labels’ button is

clicked

After the ‘Add Brackets’ button is clicked Before the ‘Add Brackets’ button is clicked


Rotate Counter Clockwise / To a Value / Clockwise

Use the ‘Rotate Counter Clockwise / To a Value / Clockwise ’ functions to rotate a label to a different angle. The buttons and will change the angle by 10 degrees. The text box can be used to set the angle of a label to a specific value. The value should be entered in DD.MMSS format e.g. 89° 01’ 50’ → 89.0150.

NOTE: When the selected label is a ‘Referencing Label’, using the ‘Rotate Counter Clockwise / Clockwise’ tools to rotate the label will only rotate the label itself. Holding ‘Control Key (Ctrl)’ on the keyboard before clicking the tools will rotate the corresponding arrow together with the label. When the label is selected, by pressing the ‘Control Key (Ctrl)’ the related arrow will get highlighted.

Align ID and Area Labels

Use the ‘Align ID and Area Labels ’ function to align the angle of ID and Area labels according to the longest line of related parcels. This tool only affects ID and Area labels for all parcels excluding ‘Easements’.

Before the ‘Align ID and Area Labels’ button is clicked After the ‘Align ID and Area Labels’ button is clicked

Centre ID and Area Labels

Use the ‘Centre ID and Area Labels ’ function to move the ID and Area labels to the calculated centre of the parcel (The destination point is normally inside the parcel). If the ID or Area labels are selected individually, each label will be placed on the calculated centre point of the parcel but if the ID and Area labels of a parcel are selected together the ID label will be placed at the top and the Area label will be placed at the bottom of the centre point.


Before the ‘Centre ID and Area Labels’ button is clicked After the ‘Centre ID and Area Labels’ button is clicked

(The tool’s behaviour is different when ID labels

are selected as opposed to when ID

and Area labels are selected together)

Move Labels Inside Diagram Extent

Use the ‘Move Labels Inside Diagram Extent ’ function to move the visible parcels’ labels inside the diagram’s extent so you can find the labels easily. When a diagram (in particular an ‘Enlargement Diagram’) is rescaled or moved, the labels can go out of the diagram’s extent and sometimes, it is hard to find needed labels as they are not reachable. With this tool the labels related to all lines and parcels inside the diagram’s extent will be moved to the centre of the visible part of the lines or parcels. This function affects all diagrams and enlargement diagrams excluding ‘Main Diagram’ which appears on the first sheet in VET.

Before the ‘Move Labels Inside Diagram Extent’ button is clicked After the ‘Move Labels Inside Diagram Extent’ button is clicked

57.05. Arrow Tools

The following tools are available in the ‘Arrow Tools’ section:

Hide Arrow


Unhide Arrow

Edit Arrow

Snap to Line

Hide Arrow

Use the ‘Hide Arrow ’ button to hide the arrow for a label. To hide the arrow, select the label and then click on the hide arrow button; the arrows for parcel identifier labels cannot be hidden. This tool can also be used to hide the arrow for ‘Referencing Labels’ such as ‘See Sheet’ labels.

Unhide Arrow

Use the ‘Unhide Arrow ’ button to display the arrow of a label that was previously hidden. Select the desired label and click this button to show the arrow again. This tool can also be used to display

the arrow for ‘Referencing Labels’ such as ‘See Sheet’ labels.

Edit Arrow

Use the ‘Edit Arrow ’ button to move the location of the arrow relative to the label. It may also be

used to ‘bend’ the arrow. To move the arrow, move the cursor over to one of the end points of the

arrow and drag it by that point. To bend the arrow, drag the arrow from any point on the line.

After the ‘Hide Arrow’ button is clicked

Before the ‘Hide Arrow’ button is clicked

Editing arrow start point Editing arrow end point Bending arrow


Snap to Line

When this mode is activated by clicking the ‘Snap to Line ’ button, VET makes sure that the arrow touches the associated line. However, in a situation where some space is desired between the line

and the arrow, this mode can be switched off before moving the arrow.

57.06. Diagram Tools

The following tools are available in the diagram tools section:

Select & Move

Scale Down

Scale Up

Change Layout

Select & Move

Clicking on the ‘Select & Move ’ button activates the diagram selection mode. When this mode is active, you can select a diagram for editing. To select a diagram, click inside one of the closed

parcels of the diagram. To move the diagram, select and then drag the diagram.

Scale Up / Down

To change the scale of a diagram, select the diagram and then click on the ‘Scale Up / Scale

Down ’ buttons.

NOTE: Scales can be changed to only those values compliant with the Survey Practice

Handbook published by the Surveyors Registration Board of Victoria.

Scale up diagram (1:200) Scale down diagram (1:250)

https://www.surveyorsboard.vic.gov.au/content/91/surveypracticehandbook.aspx

https://www.surveyorsboard.vic.gov.au/content/91/surveypracticehandbook.aspx


Rotate Diagram

To rotate the diagram, simply click on the ‘Rotate Diagram ’ buttons described previously for

labels. The rotation buttons are common between labels and diagrams. When the diagram selection

mode is active, clicking the rotation buttons or providing an input will rotate the diagram.

NOTE: If there are any enlargements on the sheet, they will also be rotated.

Change Layout

The ‘Change Layout ’ button can be used to change the layout of the page between portrait and

landscape.

Diagram layout has been changed from portrait to landscape

Diagram before rotation Diagram after rotation


57.07. Enlargement Tools

The following functionality is available in the Enlargement Tools section:

Create Enlargement

Remove Enlargement

Move Enlargement

Move Extent of Enlargement

Create Reference Label

Flip Reference Label’s Arrow

Edit Reference Label’s Arrow

Create Enlargement

To create an enlargement, click the ‘Create Enlargement ’ button and draw a box anywhere in the

sheet by dragging the mouse. When the dragging action is completed, VET creates an enlargement

diagram and by default populates the enlargement with all line work existing in the ePlan data. A

‘Diagram ID’ label is automatically placed at the top of the enlargement.

Drawing a box after the ‘Create Enlargement’

button is clicked

Line work and ‘See Enlargement’ label added to

the sheet

Drag mouse to draw


The enlargement diagram can now be selected and then scaled up as required to appropriately show

the area of interest.

Scaling up the enlargement diagram

Once the area of interest is scaled up, the labels will be placed automatically by the visualisation

service in their default position. Use the ‘Move Labels Inside Diagram Extent ’ function, to place the labels located outside the diagram extent within the extent. The labels can be adjusted as desired by

using the label tools. Once the labels placement is completed, a ‘Reference Label’ can be added and

appropriately placed using the related tools.

Positioning and rotating the ‘Diagram ID’ and ‘Reference Label’ (SEE DIAGRAM A)


Remove Enlargement

To remove an enlargement, select the enlargement and then click the ‘Remove Enlargement ’

button. This action will also remove the associated ‘Diagram ID’ and Reference labels.

Move Enlargement

To change the placement of the enlargement within the sheet, click the ‘Move Enlargement ’

button. Then select the enlargement and drag the mouse.

Diagram including enlargement Diagram after enlargement is removed

Enlargement diagram before moving Enlargement diagram after moving


Modify Extent of Enlargement

To modify the extent of an enlargement, click the ‘Modify Extent of Enlargement ’ button and then

select the diagram. Modify the extent of the enlargement by moving it at the edges or corners.

Create Reference Label

‘Reference Labels’ can be created using this tool. ‘Reference Labels’ are used for referring to other sheets or diagrams in the plan. To add a ‘Reference Label’, click on the ‘ ’ button. A dialog box will be displayed on the screen to select the desired sheet and diagram, which this label will refer to. The sheets list will contain the existing sheets in the plan and the diagrams list will only show the diagrams on the selected sheet. There is a checkbox to select the display status of the arrow relevant to reference label. A preview of the label will be displayed at the bottom of the dialog box.

Activating the enlargement diagram extent

modification

Modifying the enlargement diagram extent by mouse


When the desired sheet and diagram are selected, press the ‘Place Label’ button, move the mouse curser and drop the label at the appropriate position. VET will automatically create a ‘Reference Label’ at the selected position. The label and arrow editing tools can be used to modify this label and its related arrow.

Diagram after ‘Reference Label’ is placed

Flip Arrow for a ‘Reference’ Label

Using the ‘Flip Reference Label’s Arrow ’ button, the label arrow’s direction can be reversed.

Arrow before flipping


Arrow after flipping

Edit Reference Label’s Arrow

When a ‘Reference Label’ is created, an arrow can be generated as well. This arrow will be placed

below the label and the length of the arrow is equal to the length of the label.

Use the ‘Edit Reference Label’s Arrow ’ button to move the position of the arrow relative to a

reference label. When the label is selected and the ‘Edit Reference Label’s Arrow’ is active, two small

blue circles will appear at the start and end points of the arrow highlighting the editable points. Move the cursor over to one of the highlighted points and drag it. After dragging, the point can be placed

at any position in the sheet. While moving, the points will be snapped along the current direction of

the arrow which is aligned with its corresponding label.

The start and end points of the arrow are highlighted


The ‘Reference Label’s Arrow’ after editing

57.08. Exaggeration Tool

Use the ‘Exaggeration Tool ’ to exaggerate any features on the plan. Select the exaggeration tool

and then click the line that requires exaggeration. To move the line, drag the end of the line. The

feature can be exaggerated by moving one point at a time.

When the point is being moved, a pop up will appear next to the pointer showing the displacement

of the point in (x,y). These values may be useful to move the other end of the line by the exact

value to maintain the parallel bearing of the line regarding other lines.

E1 before exaggeration E1 after exaggeration


57.09. Truncation Tool

The Truncation Tool allows any existing roads to be truncated. To truncate a road, click the tool and select the desired segment of the road. Once the line is highlighted, use the truncation slider to decrease/increase the length of the road.

Displacement of the point in (x,y) during exaggeration

Road after truncation Road before truncation


57.11. How can I return to my SPEAR application once I have enhanced the diagram?

Once the enhancements are completed, click the ‘SPEAR blue button ’ in the VET toolbar, to return to your SPEAR application.

NOTE: The SPEAR blue button is available in VET when you access VET from your SPEAR application. This button is not available when you access VET from within the ePlan Services public page.

Once the SPEAR blue button is clicked, VET will ask you to either save the enhancements and return to SPEAR or return to SPEAR without saving the changes.

When the ‘Save & Return to SPEAR’ button is clicked, the enhanced diagram file is stored by SPEAR and you are returned to the SPEAR application page. Alternatively, click the ‘Return to SPEAR without Saving’ button to return to the SPEAR application without any change to the diagram.

Need more information?

Further information on this topic can be found by:

• Visiting the SPEAR website www.spear.land.vic.gov.au/SPEAR.

• Contacting the SPEAR Service Desk on 9194 0612 or email [email protected]

http://www.spear.land.vic.gov.au/SPEAR

mailto:[email protected]

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